“For the (NY Super Bowl) record: It has been shorts and sandals weather in Southern California this week. #justsayin,” tweeted Jim Trotter of Sports Illustrated.

The idea of a Super Bowl at MetLife Stadium was met with mixed reaction, prompting New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to say “this is football, not beach volleyball.”

Commissioner Roger Goodell has left the door open for future outdoor Super Bowls at cold-weather sites, depending on the success of next year’s big game. The host committee’s website has billed Super Bowl XLVIII as a game “so historic it takes two states to host it.”

Giants co-owner John Mara praised his colleagues after the announcement in 2010 “for having the guts to want to make some history.”

“Let’s face it,” he said, “there’s only one New York City.”

The conditions were pleasant at MetLife Stadium on Super Sunday last year: sunny with temperatures around 40 degrees. In 2011, the high reached 46 with sunshine and a moderate wind.

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